Engine Updates

Jazz R440 (WB/UCI)
C source; Win32, Mac32/64
- source code only release, no build yet
- supports pondering as well as analysis mode (under XBoard)
- pawn hash table info reduced
- fixed a bug in the tracking of mate scores through the search
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html

Zeta Dva 0.0.5.6 (WB)
new engine by Srdja Matovic
C source; buggy
- available as source code only
https://github.com/smatovic/zeta_dva (download source code)
http://zeta-dva.blogspot.com/ (blog)

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 70 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Aristarch homepage down for 2 days
Armageddon homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Bearded homepage down for 17 days
Brutus homepage down for 16 days
Fianchetto homepage down for 47 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 192 days (webpage down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 45 days
Matacz homepage down today (110mb.com site)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 58 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 57 days

Wiki Changes

Private Engine List
- removed Zeta, it is now public
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Warnings:

- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

GParted Live 0.8.0-2
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

Notepad2 4.2.25 RC 5
open source Win32/64 Notepad replacement based on Scintilla w/ syntax highlighting for many languages
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html (homepage & downloads)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad2/ (project page)

Puppy Linux 'Wary 5.1.1'
"Wary Puppy is intended to be our on-going commitment to older hardware."
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
Puppy is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution for Windows users. Recommended.
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news & download)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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